Ferenc
The Hungarian form of Franciszek, from a Latin root meaning "Frenchman". In Poland it barely registers: just 84 men carry it, and most people here will never meet one.
Ferenc Pronunciation
Ferenc is pronounced FE-rents (/ˈfɛrɛnt͡s/).
What Ferenc means
Where Ferenc comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ferenc holds Latin inside it. The name descends from Franciscus, and Franciscus first meant a Frenchman, a man from the land of the Franks. The label pointed at a place before it pointed at any saint.
In Hungary the name settled as Ferenc, the local shape of Francis. Poland knows the same name as Franciszek, so a Pole who meets Ferenc meets the Hungarian cousin in different clothes. Its short meaning stays plain: francuz, a Frenchman.
Ferenc Liszt wore it on his scores. The composer, born in 1811, kept the Hungarian form even while posters across Europe printed Franz. Ferenc Puskás later took the same name onto the football pitch and made it famous in another way. Called out from a school register in Kraków, Ferenc would read as a guest from beyond the Tatras. The origin has not moved since Franciscus. It still says francuz.
How many people are named Ferenc
1 in 254121 men in Poland is named Ferenc. 84 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3860 among male names.
Ferenc's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Ferenc as a middle name
Ferenc is a first name for 84 men in Poland and a middle name for another 31, a 73/27 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1502nd, between Emi̇r (31) and Finn (31).
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#1500 Duy31
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#1501 Emi̇r31
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#1502 Ferenc31
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#1503 Finn31
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#1504 Fred31